West Feliciana Parish, LA Water Table Trend
West Feliciana Parish, LA: what the water table is actually doing
West Feliciana Parish's representative monitoring well shows depth to water declining faster than most declining counties, a fitted trend of 4.2 ft per decade over 69 years of readings.
One well stands in for West Feliciana Parish's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 9.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1956-09-06 to 2025-04-17, 238 measurements from USGS well USGS-305643091341201 (Wf-22d), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where West Feliciana Parish ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, West Feliciana Parish ranks 1284th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 15,155 people live in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how West Feliciana Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
What a declining table means for a well pump
Because West Feliciana Parish's water table is actually declining, not just a general worry, a well owner here should consider comparing home-warranty plans that cover well-pump failure before one happens.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether West Feliciana Parish's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.